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    Mercutio replied to the thread DNS issues?.
    Is it possible that you have computers with significant time drift?
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    I don't drink and I'm about to start. Sed, something I've found to watch out for is that some MVNOs don't support RCS chat yet. STILL...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Windows 11.
    Rather than improve overall Windows Explorer performance, it looks like Microsoft is going to set up File Explorer to preload on low-end...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    This is the first year my partner is coming to Thanksgiving. We did not talk about her doing this and I just found out maybe 10 minutes...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Windows 11.
    Here's a set of directions to switch back to OG notepad, if you don't want the increasingly stupid one Windows 11 is using now. Also...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    One of my customers brought me this thing, asking why it was weirdly slow. They didn't realize it's a Qualcomm SoC system. Once I...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.
    Yes. A new Windows account. Firefox puts crap in a bunch of different places under %appdata% and it's hard telling what's left behind...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    Consumer notebooks are hard. My Ideapad 1s came from visiting a Walmart and a Best Buy to see what's acceptable at less than $350...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.
    I'm thinking that the fresh (Windows?) user account is a good idea just to avoid the possibility that there's some accumulation of cruft...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    I have the additional aggravation that my health care is non-traditional, so my meds are at least partially selected for what can be...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.
    This does not align with my experiences with Firefox. Even on something deeply pathetic like a 4th gen i3 with 4GB RAM, Firefox and...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.
    As an aside, Firefox and Brave are the only two mainstream browsers with ongoing support for thorough ad blocking. I've found no...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.
    Look under Settings --> Privacy & Security --> DNS over HTTPS. Try turning that on or off to see if that makes a difference.
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    Just blood pressure management. Both my parents needed blood pressure medication by my age so it's not surprising that I do too. I'm...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    There's a stray I've been feeding for the last few years. She's had a litter of kittens every June like clockwork. She kind of nests...
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